Scouter99

So how does this payment voucher work?

Decades of nuance, here, thanks. I simply find it childish that a guy would kick out volunteers if they were to dare utter uniform policy.

For Cubs, meh. I love my uniform and always did, but as a Cub I wasn't even aware they made uniform bottoms, and there was no money issue. On the Scouting level, sorry, I can't stand Scouts or Scouters in anything but a complete uniform. Units set their own uniform policies, so it's fine that they make that choice, but it gets under my skin when they're on a stage or in a parade or something. But don't conflate that with being a jerk about it. In my unit, we've got a hand-me-down locker and the neighborhood is such that anyone can buy it outright anyway, so our boys are expected to be

I also saw this option the other day; the council guy told me our council was being used to test the feature, so I assume that a high number of forum users will have the privilege of griping about the system without even being able to look at it. Or, he was wrong, and any unit in the country can turn it on. He made sure to hammer home that the council cannot activate the option for a unit, only the unit's pin manager can do it. I turned it on, call me wild man.

Uhhhh, bed bugs don't stay in people's hair. If they're that thick, call social services.

No, I'm not kidding. Each module takes ~30 minutes. If the internet isn't up to par in your neck of the woods, try doing it at the library or better yet borrow the videos from your service center. (Or I may be showing my snobbery again by assuming that your council has them available for loan like mine). Units are encouraged to offer the YPT training in-house once a year, anyway. Internet is a cherry on top of a system that just a few years ago meant driving halfway across the county (if you were lucky) or state (if not) to get these training modules. I guess it can be relative, but I'

No, I get your point: Only rules you like are rules, dude.

April 16th, 2009.

I like your logic. None of our scouts owns the guide to safe scouting, either, I think I'll stop making them use the buddy system since they don't have a copy of the rules and it's just a guide anyway. Anyone that makes a fuss can, like, totally shut up and leave, man!

The PLC cancelled our troop meeting for the second Monday of Jambo--it was horrible. As for summer camp, things seemed a little more crowded than usual, which was the opposite of what we expected. So, we figure maybe they over-booked base camp to try and compensate for the loss of older adventure program campers to jambo.

I went with application date for Scouter's Training Award and veteran status.

Don't confuse motion with progress.

If you recharter before May 2014 you'll be using the 2013 requirements, anyway. And, like Qwasze said, there likely won't be big changes, and in fact the requirements got easier from 2011 to 2012, and it could go that way again.

I forgot to tune in at 4:00 and when I did at 5:30 it was in the blanked-out concert. The feed came back and it was the end of the show altogether. The MC was thanking the band while the boys chanted "encore" and then it was over. So, it was at the end, but yeah they should have told us we wouldn't be seeing the headliners.

Sold some of our older boys on making Litepac backpacks so they'd be more motivated to come to meetings. There were a few tents, survival kit, mess kit, backpack, etc instructions published by Ernest Schmidt from Schiff then collected in a Boys' Life reprint, which someone has digitized here: http://dankohn.info/~scouts/boys_lif..._equipment.pdf Didn't much work in terms of getting them to more meetings; they cut out the fabric then everything sat for 2 months until they took them home to finish (doubt any did). I can't imagine the cost in leather for the packs nowadays, fortunately I had a

Tell them it's just an ~hour a week; it's worked on me over and over.

Or, "Scout Bites Raccoon"

In the old days I sometimes faxed tour permits on the day we were leaving; never got a nasty phonecall or even heard a peep about it.

More activism on the stadium show: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/19/3-doors-down-to-play-us-scouts-jamboree/2569377/ GLAAD is none to glad. Surprise.

Looks like 3 Doors Down took the PR gamble. Of course jambolive.org was contractually obligated not to stream the concert, but when the stream cut back in the boys were chanting "encore" so I guess they enjoyed the show.

Here's what it boils down to: People do what they want to do. Some things are a hassle but I've never been so put off by any of them that I've showed my butt and quit. If someone has time to be a SM, they have time for the training. If someone has time to drive 5 hours to summer camp, they've got 5 minutes to find their insurance limits. We had a guy whinge, whinge whinge over ASM training because "he joined scouts to spend more time with his son, not get taken away for a weekend." Fine, then quit, this isn't Indian Guides, anyway. People will do what they want to do.

Online applications via BeAScout are in beta in my Council. My unit hasn't had any, but it's an option (not default) in the BAS pin on myscouting.org and can be enabled by the unit. Youth it goes right in, adults still need a CC/CoR sign-off.

So read the Guide to Safe Scouting: Two-deep leadership. Two registered adult leaders, or one registered leader and a parent of a participating Scout or other adult, one of whom must be 21 years of age or older, are required for all trips and outings. There are a few instances, such as patrol activities, when the presence of adult leaders is not required and adult leadership may be limited to training and guidance of the patrol leadership. With the proper training, guidance, and approval by the troop leaders, the patrol can conduct day hikes and service projects. Appropriate adult leadership